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created 1 October 2004. Corrected and updated
09.10.2005
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Special Air
Service Regiment
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| How to find information about individuals who served in this corps |
| 1957.07.25 | 1st Special
Air Service Company raised at Campbell Barracks, Swanbourne, WA, with para role, and modelled on British SAS |
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| 1961.11 | 1st Special
Air Service Company, The Royal Australian
Regiment re-roled as recce |
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| 1964.08.20 | Special Air
Service Regiment expanded to regiment (three sabre sqns, training sqn, and HQ) |
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| 1978 | one sqn re-roled for counter-terrorism | |
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Special Air Service Regiment, by Huub | |
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Special Air Service Regiment, by Ted Harris (Digger History) | |
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Tactical Assault Group, by Ted Harris (Digger History) | |
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Australia's Special Air Service Regiment (SpecWarNet) | |
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Australia Special Air Service Regiment (GlobalSpecOps) | |
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Special Air Service Regiment (SpecialOperations.com) | |
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Special Air Service, by Phil McGauchie | |
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Special Air Service Regiment | |
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AusSpecialForces.com | |
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Australia: Army Special Units TO, by Eric Fourcade (Orbat.com) | |
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The Australian Special Air Service Regiment in Afghanistan, by Martin Spirit (Britain's Small Wars) | |
| HQ and Depot: | ||
| Campbell Barracks, Swanbourne, Western Australia | ||
| Units: | ||
| 1 Squadron | ||
| 2 Squadron | ||
| 3 Squadron | ||
| A Squadron | ||
| B Squadron | ||
| Offshore Assault Team [1980-present] | ||
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| Badges: | Cap badge of the
Royal Australian Infantry Corps (1957-1961), Cap badge of the Royal Australian Regiment (1961-1964)
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| Uniform: | headdress: maroon beret (1957-1966), sand beret (1966-present) |
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| Honorary Colonel: | ||
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| <2003> | Maj-Gen. Michael Jeffery, AC, CVO, MC [Governor General of Australia] | |
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Corporal Ron Harris, by Garth O'Connell (Indigenous Australians at War) | |
| Motto: | Who dares wins | ||
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| Nicknames: | Gerbils | ||
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| Marches: | 1961: The Happy Wanderer | ||
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Special Air Service Regiment | 1960-present | |
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The Parachute Regiment | 1968-19uu | |
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| Regimental Journal: | ||
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| Full Histories: | ||
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McPhedran, Ian. The Amazing SAS. 2005 | |
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Malone, M.J. SAS - A Pictorial History of the Australian Special Air Service 1957 - 1997 | |
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